THIS time, I can’t blame Kid. She has always been touchy-feely, as if born partially blind. I should have anticipated this. I was so worried about my house entering a new, blue period that I forgot about the HOT IRON.
There we were being creative, for once. For Father’s Day, Kid and [...]
noun:
The act of belching; a belch.
Ignatius belched, the gassy eructations echoing between the walls of the alley.
– John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces
Eructation comes from Latin eructatio, from eructare, from e-, “out” + ructare, “to belch.”
Did you know this one? Sounds good, right? If you have at least one kid and a [...]
We had a nice visit with Grandpa in Bellingham this past Father’s Day weekend, once we got through the traffic around Everett, Home of the Red Brake Light. It was extra nasty this time and doubled our regular trip time. Good thing we all like to be trapped in an unmoving car for [...]
While we still love the Backyardigans, we (and by we, I mean Kid) have a new favorite show lately — Peep and Quack on TLC. I found it thanks to Tivo (all praise Tivo, so say we all!). I had a little book entitled Peep and Quack when I was a child. [...]
climbed a 50 foot ladder (OK, maybe it was 24 ft.) this weekend to replace suet (special BUG suet, too) for the families of downy woodpeckers, nuthatches, and northern flickers to make up for taking down our bird seed feeders due to a recent disease outbreak among songbirds.
That, and I trimmed my dog’s ear hair [...]
One quick Google of my name gave me a chuckle. I quickly found “Wendy Wallace, Intuitive Counselor“. It is tempting to contact myself and to see just what sort of counseling I could get from me. Well, self, today was tiring. Maybe it was the sun, the heat, who knows. [...]
We have a house concert now. Daddy and Kid. Often (even as a bribe–”it might be time for a concert if you….brush teeth or eat your broccoli or pick up your toys….”). His instrument: an old Gibson he is learning to play. Hers: a 4 foot long pink blow-up guitar, now [...]
